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UK
/pɹɪfɹˈʌntəl/
]
[ US /pɹiˈfɹəntəɫ/ ]
[ US /pɹiˈfɹəntəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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anterior to a frontal structure
prefrontal lobes
a prefrontal bone
How To Use prefrontal In A Sentence
- The recommended prefrontal placement is 3 to 4 cm off the middle line, just anterior to the coronal suture.
- -- A selective allosteric potentiator of the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor increases activity of medial prefrontal cortical neurons and restores impairments in reversal learning. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
- Brain regions known as the nucleus accumbens and orbitofrontal/prefrontal cortex were also activated. These regions are known to be associated with intense cocaine addiction and cigarette addiction.
- Solms discovered that patients who had had a prefrontal leukotomy, a common surgical procedure for mental illness in the 1950s and 60s, reported loss of dreaming.
- Called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, it lies just a couple of inches behind the right eye.
- In the teenagers an unexpectedly high level of activity was observed in the part of the brain known as the prefrontal cortex, which is a region known to be involved in multi-tasking and making decisions. Teenagers Find it Difficult to Concentrate Because Their Brains Are Undeveloped | Impact Lab
- Important recent research by Marcus Raichle and his collaborators indicates a default, monitoring mode of brain activity, plausibly interpreted as including representations of one's current hedonic state, in the ventromedial prefrontal and posterior cingulate cortices, that is turned down by attention-demanding tasks, even by ones involving introspection into one's current affective state (Gusnard et al. 2001, Gusnard and Raichle 2004, Pleasure
- Apparently my brain—or the part of it I now refer to as my prefrontal Spitzer lobe—finds the sight of Edie Falco somewhat exciting. 20 « July « 2008 « Niqnaq
- A primary function of the frontal and prefrontal lobes is to inhibit responses.
- This feeds an overall response to the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex 02, a region involved in evaluating emotions. Times, Sunday Times